Improvement in grain-tallies



2Sheets'--Sheet1. B. RAKESTBW & E. 0. SWIFT.

Grain-Tallies.

No.151,62l. PatentedJune 2,1874.

'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROLAND RAKESTRAV AND EBENEZER O. SVIFT, OF YOMING, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT lN GRAIN-TALLIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l 51,62 l, dated June2,1874; application tiled Novemberl, 1873.,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ROLAND RAKEsTRAw and EBENEZER O. SwrET, of Wyoming,in the county of Stark and State of Illinois,have invented a new andvaluable Improvement in Grain-Registers, and we do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of theconstruction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings making a part of this specilication, and to the lettersand figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of a plan view of ourgrain-register. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectionalview.

This invention has relation to devices for removing grain, oats, andother cereals from thrashing and other machines, and at the same timemeasuring the quantity removed therefrom. rlhe nature of our inventionconsists in an oscillating platform, which is provided with a lever forconveniently moving it, and which is constructed with a closed casecontaining' a registering` apparatus, which will indicate the number ofoscillations given to the platform, as will be hereinafter explained.

rIhe following description of our improvement will enable others skilledin the art to understand it.

In the annexed drawings, A represents a horizontal platform of auelliptical shape, which is provided with a rim, A', extending along oneedge, and sloping from the middle of its length to its ends. Thisplatform is connected by a vertical pivot, a., to a foundation, G, of Tshape, and it is supported on this foundation by means of a circularrail, It, and rollers and slides. rlhe oscillation of this platform islimited to a semicircle by means of two stops, S S, which strike thecross-bar of the foundation Gr at cach full stroke of the platform. Ontop of the platform, and at the middle of its length, is an inclinedhand-lever, B, which is supported by means ot' a bail, b, and used forgiving oscillation to the platform. Beneath the lever B is a ease, C,provided with a window, r, across which is stretched a wire, r. Insideof this case O are three registering-wheels, D E F. The wheels D and Eare allowed to turn freely in one direction around a stud, t', whichpasses vertically through the platform A, and has keyed to its lower enda lever, J, having two horns formed on one end. The length of vibrationof this lever J is limited by two stop-pins, j j, and it is vibrated bymeans of a striker, p, on the T support of the platform. The wheel D hasa concentric circle of studs, d, rising from it, and arranged at evendistances apart, which studs indicate, say, twenty-live bushels each,and are so marked ott'. The' wheel E, which is smaller than the wheel D,is marked olf, say, from one to twenty-five, each mark indicating onebushel, and when this wheel completes one revolution a tooth, e, on itsperiphery will strike one of the spurs on the wheel F, and turn thewheel D the distance of one stud, d, thus registering twenty-fivebushels. The wheel E receives an intermittent rotary motion from a pawl,cl, on the end of an arm, c, which is keyed on the upper end ofthe studi' of the lever J. The pawl c1 engages with teeth on wheel E, and isheld in contact with these teeth by means of a spring, c2. A springstop,j', also engages with said teeth and prevents wheel E from turningbackward.

It will be seen from the above description that grain can beconveniently moved away from a thrashing-machine in bushel-baskets, orin baskets of any other capacity, and at the same time a correctregister of the number of baskets, or amount of grain, will be kept bythe wheels inside of the case O.

Vhat we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The oscillating platform supported horizontally and provided with stopsS S, in combination with a lever, J, striker p, and registeringwheels DE F in a case, C, as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that we claim the above we have hereunto subscribed ournames in the presence of two witnesses.

ROLAND RAKESTRAW. EBENEZER O. SWIFT.

Witnesses t GHnIsTorHEn COLLIER, AUGUSTUs G. HAMMOND.

